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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 2186 p4p, 2925 weight class) and Michał Kowalkiewicz (ranked 310 p4p, 387 weight class). Life's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michał Kowalkiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kowalkiewicz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Life scrambles back to his feet.
A left lands for Life.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a wild body shot.
Michał Kowalkiewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Life throws a leg kick but Kowalkiewicz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Life pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Life steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kowalkiewicz.
Life fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kowalkiewicz manages to avoid it.
A cross from Kowalkiewicz lands.
Life closes the distance and clinches.
Life tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kowalkiewicz's elbow.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Kowalkiewicz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kowalkiewicz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kowalkiewicz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kowalkiewicz looks to land a left hand but Life moved out of range nicely.
Life tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kowalkiewicz is able to avoid easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kowalkiewicz lands with an uppercut that bounces Life off the ropes and back into range.
Kowalkiewicz throws a body punch but Life moves out of range.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life lands the left hand.
Life doesn't manage to clinch there - Kowalkiewicz circles away.
Kowalkiewicz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kowalkiewicz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kowalkiewicz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Kowalkiewicz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kowalkiewicz was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Kowalkiewicz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Kowalkiewicz throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Kowalkiewicz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Life clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Life.
Kowalkiewicz blocks an uppercut.
Life misses with a body punch.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Life lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowalkiewicz has a couple of punches blocked by Life.
Life tries to work over Kowalkiewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalkiewicz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kowalkiewicz staying out of range there.
Life tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Life throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Life lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kowalkiewicz takes a step back to recover.
Kowalkiewicz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Life stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Life ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Life.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a kick to the temple. Life shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kowalkiewicz throws a hook to the side of Life's head but Life sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kowalkiewicz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a low kick.
Life is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz throws a nice looking combination but Life bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Life tries to clinch but Kowalkiewicz moves out of range.
Life misses the shot to the body.
Life is looking to wear down Kowalkiewicz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life with a nice cross.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a hook to the body. Life takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch lands to the side of Life 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Life avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kowalkiewicz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Life throws a jab when Kowalkiewicz was well out of range.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook.
Kowalkiewicz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life is looking to clinch but Kowalkiewicz is avoiding it.
A low kick lands for Life.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kowalkiewicz.
Life is looking to counter with head kicks.
A clash of legs there as Life blocks the low kick.
Life half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a jab to the head.
Life bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kowalkiewicz's head backwards.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook. Life ducked under it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalkiewicz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Life has closed the distance and engaged Kowalkiewicz in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Kowalkiewicz.
A head punch on the inside from Kowalkiewicz fails to land.
Kowalkiewicz lands a left hand.
Kowalkiewicz is working Life over against the ropes.
Life works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Life digs a right hand underneath Kowalkiewicz's ribcage. Kowalkiewicz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kowalkiewicz is working Life over against the ropes.
Kowalkiewicz is struggling to control the position.
Life working aggressively here.
Kowalkiewicz swings wildly with an uppercut but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalkiewicz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Life seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kowalkiewicz can turn it around.
Kowalkiewicz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalkiewicz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Life stuns Kowalkiewicz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kowalkiewicz throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Life looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kowalkiewicz moves out of range as Life strikes.
Kowalkiewicz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michał Kowalkiewicz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Life has Kowalkiewicz up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kowalkiewicz struggles to land a body shot inside as Life controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kowalkiewicz lands a body punch.
Kowalkiewicz lands a body shot.
Life lands with a left to the head.
Life fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a hook to the body.
Life throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalkiewicz controls his hands.
Life takes a shot to the head.
Kowalkiewicz lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a body punch.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Life blocks a body shot from Kowalkiewicz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalkiewicz cracks Life with a nice body shot.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalkiewicz manages to break the clinch.
Kowalkiewicz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kowalkiewicz digs a good body shot into Life's ribs.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a one two! Life had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kowalkiewicz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kowalkiewicz lands a nice hook to Life's body. Life takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Life throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Life lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Life tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Life misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life looks to score with a jab to the body but Kowalkiewicz is just out of range.
Kowalkiewicz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Life throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook to the body
and Life counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Life missing with a left hand there. Kowalkiewicz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Life on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kowalkiewicz misses with an uppercut. Life saw that one coming.
Life appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Life takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kowalkiewicz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Life checks the leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Life takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kowalkiewicz, as that shot connected.
Life lands a jab.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kowalkiewicz throws a lazy right hand but Life sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Life moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life fails in his attempt to clinch.
Life fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kowalkiewicz is out of range.
Kowalkiewicz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kowalkiewicz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Life is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Kowalkiewicz.
Michał Kowalkiewicz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kowalkiewicz throws a good cross that connects.
Life is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Life on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Life looks to land a left hand but Kowalkiewicz moved out of range nicely.
Life swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a leg kick
and Life counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kowalkiewicz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Life tries to clinch there but Kowalkiewicz circles away.
Life clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalkiewicz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
Life misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalkiewicz manages to break the clinch.
Life tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kowalkiewicz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalkiewicz feints a counter leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kowalkiewicz takes a swing at Life's ribcage but misses.
Kowalkiewicz slips a jab from Life.
Life throws the left hand but Kowalkiewicz avoids the punch easily.
Kowalkiewicz punishes Life's body with a nice straight punch.
Kowalkiewicz thumps Life with a low kick.
Kowalkiewicz lands a jab to the head.
Kowalkiewicz misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Life blocks a head kick by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michał Kowalkiewicz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Life blocks a jab.
Life uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kowalkiewicz.
As Kowalkiewicz tries to get set, Life tries to push him back and clinch up but Kowalkiewicz manages to avoid the attempt.
Life takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a sloppy right hand. Life should have avoided that one.
Kowalkiewicz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kowalkiewicz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kowalkiewicz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Life.
Kowalkiewicz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Life takes a kick to the side of the head.
Life scores with the left hand. Kowalkiewicz knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Life lands an overhand right.
Kowalkiewicz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Life checks a leg kick nicely.
Life is looking to counter punch.
Life throws a leg kick but Kowalkiewicz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kowalkiewicz is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life moves forwards but Kowalkiewicz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Life connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Life looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Life looks to land a left hand but Kowalkiewicz moved out of range nicely.
Kowalkiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Life avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kowalkiewicz lands a lovely overhand right.
A low kick from Kowalkiewicz is predictable there
and Life counters with a stiff right hand.
Life chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kowalkiewicz can pounce on him.
Life misses with a body shot
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kowalkiewicz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kowalkiewicz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Life misses with a straight right.
Life takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life takes the fight into the clinch.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz breaks the clinch.
Life walks into a left hand.
Life misses with a low kick.
Life looks to land a body kick but Kowalkiewicz moved away.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kowalkiewicz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Life throws an overhand right that lands on Kowalkiewicz's shoulder, as Kowalkiewicz tries to avoid the shot.
Life takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice straight punches there by Kowalkiewicz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kowalkiewicz.
Life looks to throw the jab but Kowalkiewicz is out of range.
Kowalkiewicz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Life takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kowalkiewicz moves away from the strike by Life.
Life lands with a nice body punch.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Life throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kowalkiewicz tries to score with a low kick but Life moves his leg out of the way.
Life jabs at Kowalkiewicz's body.
Life tries to clinch there but Kowalkiewicz circles away.
Life throws a front kick aimed at Kowalkiewicz's knee but Kowalkiewicz avoids it well.
Life jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Life takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kowalkiewicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kowalkiewicz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Life thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook. Life ducked under it nicely.
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life walks into a jab.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a jab.
Kowalkiewicz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz throws the left hand but Life avoids the punch easily.
Life is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Life looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Life checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Life misses with an uppercut. Kowalkiewicz saw that one coming.
Kowalkiewicz misses with an uppercut.
Life throws a chopping leg kick but Kowalkiewicz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kowalkiewicz lands a nice shot to the body.
Life scores with a kick to the body.
Kowalkiewicz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thug Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kowalkiewicz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life cracks Kowalkiewicz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kowalkiewicz blocks a head kick by Life.
Michał Kowalkiewicz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jab by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michał Kowalkiewicz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kowalkiewicz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michał Kowalkiewicz!
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